Many people join SCA to gain "hands on" experience necessary to obtain conservation jobs in national parks, US forestry or other land management positions. What they may not realize is that SCA regularly has conservation jobs available offering good pay and rewarding futures.
Currently due to our organization's growth, we have exciting positions available. To learn more about SCA's rewarding opportunities, view the positions below.
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Public Grants Writer, Charlestown NH
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Staff Positions
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SCA, the nation’s leading conservation service organization for young people has an exciting new opportunity in our Partnership Development department. We are looking for a Public Grants Writer to focus on generating new SCA business revenue and program development opportunities by researching grant opportunities and writing public grant proposals that meet established criteria and priorities.
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Director of Development, Charlestown NH
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Staff Positions
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SCA, the leading national conservation service organization for high school and college age students is seeking a Director of Development at our headquarters in Charlestown, NH. The Director of Development is responsible for the strategic development, planning, oversight, coordination and implementation of SCA’s national and regional, individual major donor, foundation and corporate philanthropic program and individual major donor program with an overall annual fundraising goal of $5M+.
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Advancement Technology Manager, Charlestown NH
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 SCA, the nation’s leading conservation service organization for young people has an exciting opportunity in our Advancement Department. We are looking for an Advancement Technology Manager who will be responsible for overseeing the Advancement databases (Raiser’s Edge, web-based data base, Convio), export/import functions with other SCA databases and serving as liaison with Advancement software vendors, program database coordinators, and regional development officers. This position is critical to the infrastructure required to raise over $7.6 million in annual and planned gifts from approximately 30,000 donors and communicate with nearly 50,000 alumni and their parents. Responsibilities include managing use and structure of databases and maintaining complete campaign, fund raising appeal and constituency coding system.
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Project Leader, Desert Restoration Corps, CA
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Field Jobs with SCA Conservation Corps
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 The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is seeking an experienced, dedicated, and enthusiastic outdoor leader/environmental educator to supervise a team of 6 volunteer interns doing restoration on Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) impacted public lands in the California Desert. Working in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, the SCA Desert Restoration Corps is coming into its 8th year. The aim of our project is the assist the BLM in restoring important desert habitat, which has been damaged by OHVs over the years. This will help in the recovery of critical species, such as the desert tortoise, the fringe-toed lizard, and the flat-tailed horned lizard.
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Project Leader – Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, AZ 7/23/07 – 1/4/08
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Field Jobs with SCA Conservation Corps
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 Work in partnership with the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge to achieve goals to eradicate and reduce the spread of various invasive weed species using mechanical and chemical control methods. Assist with the design, implementation and evaluation of the project. Provide a positive, safe and meaningful work environment for 4 SCA team
members. Coordinate with agency and SCA program staff to orient and
train members in all aspects of the project. Assure project compliance
with all SCA operational standards. Collect data and complete a final
program report and evaluation. |
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Conservation Crew Leaders - Pittsburgh
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Field Jobs with SCA Conservation Corps
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SCA, the nation’s leading conservation service organization for young people is seeking exciting responsible outdoor leaders. Crew Leaders will work with urban youth, aged 15-18, for summer environmental parks programs; ability to teach Enviroment Education lessons & camping skills. Over 21 a must; valid driver’s license; current FA & CPR certification; experience with working with teens; training is provided. SCA offers competitive pay.
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Project Leader, Fire Education Corps
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Field Jobs with SCA Conservation Corps
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Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) & San Carlos Apache Tribe.
Work in partnership with the BIA & San Carlos Apache Tribe to achieve goals on developing a Juvenile Fire Setter program and Fire Education program on the San Carlos Apache Reservation to reduce the number of human caused starts. Work to educate the community on fire prevention and bring together key players in addressing the juvenile fire setter issue. |
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Project Leader - Hawaiian Islands, HI 10/29/07 - 07/05/08
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Field Jobs with SCA Conservation Corps
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 Work in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) Exotic Plant Management Team program (EPMT) to achieve goals to eradicate and reduce the spread of various invasive weed species using mechanical and chemical control methods. Assist with the design, implementation and evaluation of the project. Provide a positive, safe and meaningful work environment for 4 SCA team members for 6 months. Coordinate with agency and SCA program staff to orient and train members in all aspects of the project. Assure project compliance with all SCA operational standards. Collect data and complete a final program report and evaluation. One example of work location |
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Field Jobs with SCA Conservation Corps
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Interested in working outdoors this summer or during the school year leading high school students? Find out more about the opening Crew Leader positions with the SCA! There are two ways to Crew Lead with SCA this year. You can either work in sites across the country during the summer months as a Conservation Crew (CC) Leader or work during the year in specific cities as a Conservation Leadership Corps.(CLC) Leader. |
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